Where was Karl Leid located? That was a question she would have killed for the answer to, but any professional bodyguard wouldn't have let their client simply walk away so easily. "Right now, he should be in the company of my partner and on his way here." She didn't want to lie to the man, and honestly didn't sound very sold on the answer herself, but it was the closest thing to the truth. "He's late." She crossed her arms after the admission, instinctively looking towards the palace for where either of them should have been emerging. She frowned and turned back to Thomas, realizing she was being looked at. His question gave her pause, it wasn't exactly one she'd been expecting but in retrospect the question of her heritage had already been raised that day. "I don't mind, actually. I was born a little bit north of here, actually. In the countryside, but I grew up on the east coast. This is the first time I've been back to the west since I was a little girl. Keilaudrin has grown since then, so I suppose the people must be doing well." She stopped, staring down into the waters. "Are they? Do you like living here?"